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Run 13, 2012 …some comments on the VFFs
Today’s run was 10 kilometers at a 7:05 average pace per kilometer. The weather was great at +2 degrees C. I think this is my longest run at any speed in my VFFs so I am happy with the results. I have not run with my VFFs in really cold weather. The coldest I think was around -7 C. Today my toes did not get cold, but I did feel a good deal of frost burning in all my other outdoor VFF runs, probably because it was colder. I kept having to flex my toes and worry about frostbite until around the 3 km mark when my toes warmed up to a normal comfortable temperature. My wife came up with a theory for that and I think it is correct. She thinks my body shuts off blood flow to my toes and fingers until my core body temperature is high … Continue reading
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Run 9, 2012 …sometimes I hate having to figure stuff out…
Finally a break in the weather has occurred and so I did not have to resign myself to the treadmill. The last two or three runs have been on the treadmill because of the minus 30 degree cold and a wind chill to minus 45 degrees C. Today was a nice -2 degree high with a very light wind. I started out low in the river valley by the boat launch area and made one long climb out of the valley on the access road. That hill is 1 kilometer. Then I ran along the paved but still snow covered paths in the Town of Devon. Once I climbed out of the valley, the course was pretty flat with only an occasional tiny hill. I ran 5 km out then back again so the last kilometer was all downhill. I made that 10 km run in my VFFs in about … Continue reading
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The Physics of David Wilcox, Part Two
After checking out who was visiting my site, I came across a reference to one of my previous posts entitled “The Physics of David Wilcox et. al.” Someone had Googled about David and so this is how I found this site: http://jaredbangerter.hubpages.com/hub/Theory-of-Evolution After reading this post, I decided to reply in the hope of doing two things: The first, was to clear up some misconceptions about the topic in the hope that the author of the above post would stop wasting his time reading about bullshit and actually read some real science books instead. The second reason is that I am becoming increasingly alarmed at the threat posed by people such as David Wilcox, Richard Hoagland (hereinafter referred to as “con artists”), and many others who are extremely intelligent but they do not care at all about truth. All they care about is the attention and money they can generate … Continue reading
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Run 3, 2012 …recovery period officially over.
I’d say I was pretty much recovered and can now begin my training. Today’s run was 5 km in my VFFs in 35:51 for a 7:07 pace. There was still too much glazed ice on the roads which pretty much kills your pace. No falling down for me today, however.
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Run 92, 2011…how long is a recovery period?
I think it is interesting to note how I am reacting to regaining my level of fitness after my protracted illness and other circumstances which kept me from running for such a long time. For the record, I did no running for 42 days, then I did one pathetic 5 km ‘run’, rested two days, did another, then stopped again for 22 days to focus on getting ready for my grading in karate. Now we have a long 3 week break until classes start again I think January 10th? So I feel it is now time to begin running again and my first run 3 days ago was 5 km which took me around 46 minutes meaning I walked some of it. Today’s run took me 39 minutes and 15 seconds which means I ran all the way but slowly. Today’s run was better than my last one but I … Continue reading
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Run 91, 2011…I hate to eat and run, but…
It has been too long since I have run so today was a welcome back run for me. My last real run was a 43 km trail run October 16th. After a recovery period of no running but still going to karate classes, I came down with a nasty chest cold which put me out of commission ever since. Except for a few piddly little 5 km runs, I basically stopped all activity including karate. This cold (or whatever it was) just lingered forever it seemed. I felt really weak and had no energy. Before I knew it over 30 days had passed since I first came down with whatever it was and the end of karate class for this year was fast approaching which meant that I might miss my planned grading to brown belt. I decided I was finally getting better so I began attending the two hour … Continue reading
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Recovery time is over now….
It’s been three weeks since my last trail run October 16th of 43 and change kilometers. So I am eager to begin a new training season. I went out last Sunday on a really short 4 km walk/run to test the waters and to get myself primed for winter running. The weather is still really great, with no snow at all, although it is getting colder. I will be running throughout the winter outdoors, on an indoor track, and possibly a treadmill if I have to. Since I cannot do trails in the winter because of the snow, I will be running the river valley roads consisting of two hills, one 1 kilometer long, and the other 500 meters long. but twice as steep. Next year I plan on five 5peaks trail races one of which is a half marathon, one 5peaks night run in April, one 50 km Ultra, … Continue reading
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